Nicolás Pernett (Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia) discusses his research interests in advance of his visit to the Ransom Center.

By Amy Armstrong

We left off in part one wondering how to evaluate the Ransom Center’s unique non-commercial sound recordings, particularly when we aren’t able to access their audio content prior to preservation. Verifying written descriptions helps, but there are other considerations to keep in mind, such as a recording’s physical format—different types of material become increasingly unstable with age, but at different rates, and in different ways. Read more